Lens holder



Sept. 17, 1935.. 1 ROSENBAUM 214,747

LENS HOLDER Filed March 7, 1935 I1riventor Patented Sept. 17, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LENS HOLDER Ike Rosenbaum, Mount Vernon, lud.

Application March 7, 1935, Serial N0. 9,859

1 Claim.

This invention appertains new and useful improvements in lens holders for spectacles and. more particularly 110 spectacles of ehe frameless type.

'Ihe principal object of the present invention is to provide a 1ens holder which will readily hold the 1ens in a, definite fixed position without 1ikelihood of the same becoming displaced or Contorted in any manner.

During the course of the following specification other importa.nt objects and advantages of the invention Will become apparent.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a. freut elevational view of the novel fastening means.

Figure 2 represents a, sectional view taken substantially online 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 represents an en1arged perspective viw of the spring and washer.

Figure 4 represents a perspective view of the ratchet.

Figure 5 represents a side elevafcional view of the screw.

Referring 110 the drawing wherein 1ike numerals designate like parts, it can be Seen that numeral 5 represents the usual nose piece which is generally of U-shape and which has the lower ends of its leg portions provided with nose engaging contact p1ates As each retainer is identica1, on1y one is shown in the drawing and in viewing Figures 1 and 2, it can be seen that the lower end of the nose piece leg is provided with a, forwardly extending arm I which is curved slight1y backward as ab 8 110 merge with the upstanding abutment 9 which in turn is provided With a, pair of laterally disposed fingers IIII I, the finger I being provided with a, threaded. bore and. while the finger I I is provicled with a. smooth bore. These bores being intended to receive the elongated screw I2 which is provided. with the tapered head I3, the 1atter having a laterally disposed. 1ug I4 tapered. downwardly.

Numeral I5 represents a, disk shaped member having a central opening I6 through which the screw I2 is disposed and. ratchet like grooveways I7 radiating from this open center. Numera1 I8 represents a. washer having a central opening I9 through which the screw I2 is disposed. and this washer I8 is provided with a. spring shank 20 disposed radia1ly therefrom and having a laterally disposed. flange 2I ab its free end which bites into the channel 22 in the abutment 9 where the arm I merges with the seid. abutment.

Obviously when the screw I2 is disposed through the fingers III-II and the lens 23, the 111g HI Will enga-ge With the disk I5 and eventually catch one of the ratchet grooves I'I while the spring shank 20 is under tension. In this manner the screw I2 is locked against outward movement and the lens prevented. from accidental displacement from the nose piece.

Whi1e the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is 1:0 be umlerstood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted t0 without departing from the spirit and. scope of the invention as claimed. hereinafter.

Having thus described my invention, what I c1aim a.s new is: 25

In combination, a 1ens, a. nose piece, said nose piece being provided With a lens abutment, said abutment being provided with a pair 01" laterally disposed fingers between which the lens is disposed, seid fingers anti. 1ens being provided with registering openings, a screw for disposition through the said opening, a washer on the screw f0r engaging against one of the fingers, seid abutment being provided with a channel, a spring shank extending from the washer and provided with a latera11y disposed cleat for engagement into the channe1, a ratchet wheel on the screw for engagement against the washer, said screw being provided With a laterally disposed lug 40 adapted for catch engagement With the seid ratchet whee1.

IKE ROSENBAUM. 

